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Arlington National
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General James H. Doolittle
General Doolittle died in California on 27 September
1993 and was buried in Section 7-A of Arlington National Cemetery, with
his wife, Josephine. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, and was promoted
from Colonel to Brigadier General, for leading the first carrier-based
bomber attack on mainland Japan in 1942.
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Citation: "For conspicuous leadership above the call of duty, involving
personal valor and intrepidity at an extreme hazard to life. With the
apparent certainty of being forced to land in enemy territory or to perish
at sea, General Doolittle personally led a squadron of Army bombers, manned
by volunteer crews, in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland."
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